Railroad-tie.



W. T. SHIMP.

RAILROAD TIE. APPLIOATION FILED 11511.25, 1910.l

.Patented Deb. 27,1910.

` @away-from the metallic casing, and means being1 also provided whereby the rails are securely connected wit'hfithe ties independentl Sabo' r rn il 'ATENT onnicn,

RAILROAD-TIE.

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Specification of Iletters Patent, i Patented Dec; 27, 1910. Application filed January 25, 1910. Serial No. 540,030. I i

To all whom 'it-'may concern:` f Be it known that I', WILLIAM T. SH1MP, a

in Railroad- Ties, ofwhich the ollowing is a specification.

This 4invention relates to railroad ties, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character Acomprising ametallic casing provided with partitions l'adjacent its central portion adapted forthe reception of a plastic material s uclrascement or the like, the pockets adjacent the' walls for this plastic material being 4provided with cushions for the rails composed of wood or the like, means being also providedv whereby they said cushions maymbe adjusted "sfas to sustain the rails l With the above, vand other objects in view, which will. appear as the description progresses, the invention 'resides yin the novel construction I .finafter fully described' and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodimentv of the improvement, and in which drawings, Figure l is a side elevation offmy l'improx-'e'dtie.: Fig. v2 isa top-plan viewy of the same.l Fig-3 is a. sectional: view upon 'the line-of Fig.- l. 'Fig 4 isa perspec tive view. of one. ofthe rail cushions. Fig;

5 a perspective yiexv of the' cushion 'retaining member; F ig, is a jcentrallongitudizlneral 1' vdes ig'nates the improved? rail tie.

v This tie cbm'pris'es essentially arectangular l out contacting the/slcles of the member 2.

' From the above description, it will be ""note'd that-I /have provided an extremely.

substantially lcrossfsectionally f `U-shaped member constructed-.of ksuitable.l'metal and ind'f'atedj'by the numeral 2'. Themetallic jinemb'er -orsh'e'll. 2': trasf-itsy sides centr-ally depressed, 'as clearly illustrated the. several, igures of- ,the drawing and the. tie is further pro-vided -`with va pair.. of' transf,

end-'Io''the tie and'th'pecketor compartf improvements in and combination ofv parts herea bolt y14, w ereby the wedge member 10 nal sectionalview of the tie-. 'Figi-v. 7 is a 1 vjg` erspect1ve v1ew of the'cushion-wedge'. Fi`g.

. In the ".accompanying:drawing the `nu--v ment formed between which being adapted `:tor the reception of suitable plastic material 4, such as cement or the like. vThis arrangement, it will be noted, adds great strength to the body2 and eiectively reinforces the sides of the said tie. The portions between the partitions 3 and4 the open ends of the tie are adapted for the reception of rail supporting blocks or cushions 5, the same being preferably constructed of wood and being provided with a transverse groove (i of a widtli'equaling'the width of the base flanges 7 of the rail members 8. The under face 9` of the cushion is inclined as clearly illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings and adapted to engage with this inclined face is a Wedge member l0. By reference to Fig. 6 of the drawing it will be noted that the wedge member 10 is of a width corresponding with the distance between the sides of the U-shaped body member 2 and the same is provided adjacent its enlarged ends withfa reduced portion 11 having a central longi` t-udinal opening 12 which is adapted for the reception of a threaded element 13 passing through a suitable opening within the base of the U-shaped member 2, the said memb'enbeino' adapted for the reception of may be readily adjusted longitudinallyl of the body 2 and whereby the cushion 5 may, vbe raised or lowered as desired. The ends of thetie are provided with suitable sub1 stantially U-shaped brackets 15, whereby these ends are prevented from spreadingv andalso whereby the said ends are effectively reinforced. These brackets 15 do notextend the entire depth of the tie but ter-- minate a' suitable distance away .from the bottom thereof so as to allow for the ready movementof-'the wedge member` 10. The sides of the vb ody'2 alining with the trans- .verse groove 6 of the block or'cushion member '5 are lcut away a ysuitable distance so `as to allow-thebase iange 7- of the rail 8 to lie directly' upon the said block 5 w1th- '-siinple as ,well as thoroughly eective "device ...for thepurpose intended, and it is ,to vbe also understoo'd'fthatthe rails 8 restingupon the woodenblocks or 'cushions 5'l aregiven a certain amount of, resiliency 'and further 10o p l that the saidrails at'no time eontact'with the smal ef fia sb he11v 0iI body; 2 .indiana-e transverse groove 6 within the said blocks 5 -prevents the lateral movement of the rails so that liability of the rails contacting or.

injuring the sides of the shell is entirely obylated'. It will be further noted that the rails may be readily adjusted' vertically when desired and that no special tool needI be employed for this purpose.

AIn order to edectively secure the rails 8 1n pro er position upon the ties 1, I have provi ed the sides of the said ties-with what I term'rail retaining members 16. These members are each constructed of a plate of suitable material and have their upper portions provided with lipsA 17 which are adapted to overlie the base ianges 7 of the rails 8. AThe members 11'c have their upper portions of a shape corresponding with the enlarged side walls of the shell 2, and the said members are provided with a longitudinal slot 18 acent their outer edges, the latter being adapted for the reception of a suit-v able threaded element 19 removably carried by the sides of the body or shell 2. The opposite or forward ends of the member 16 are also provided with projecting portions, the same being .provided with slots 2() adapted for the receptionv of suitable retaining elements 21 removably connectedwith the sides of the shell or body member 2. It is' to be understood that the members 1G arie arranged in pairs and are adapted to have their lips 17 engage each of the edges of the base flange 7 ot' the rails 8, and by the and quickly adjusted toward or away from each other to compensate for the diiterf-nt widths of the base flanges of rails.

F rom the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be noted that Ihave provided a simple and effective device for the purpose intended,and while I have illust-rated and described the preferred embodiment of the improvement, asyit now appears to me, minor details of construction, within the scope of the following claims may be resorted to if desired. f

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a tie for railway rails, cushion blocks adapted to receive the base flanges of the rail, a wedge member underlying the cushion block,y said wedge member having its enlarged portion provided with a bifurcation,

and a threaded element upon the tie engag-".

ing between the walls provided by the bifurcation.

2. A tieV for railway rails, said tie comprising a substantially U-shaped member, partitions for the member forming a central compartment, a plastic body .within this compartment, lrail receiving cushion blocks adjacent the partitions and within the U- shaped tie, means for vertically adjusting these blocks, andmeans for retaining the rails upon the blocks and out of contact with the sides of the tie.

3. A tie vfor railway rails comprising a rectangular body member havingan open top, partitions for this member forming a central compartment, a plastic body within this compartment, the sides of the body between the partitions and the ends of the 'wedge members for vertically adjusting the cushion blocks, means for securing the wedge members, and means for securing the rails upon the cushion blocks and out o contact with the sides of the tie.

4. A tie for railway rail-s comprising a rectangular shell having anv open top, partitions within the shell forming a Acentral compartment, a plastic body within'this compartment, the sides of theshell adjacent the partitions heilig cut away, rail receiving cushion blocks within the shell adjacent the partitions, said blocks being provided with trans/verse depressions adapted to servas seats `for the rails, the under face of thc cushion blocks being inclined, wedge mombers connected with the base ot the shell underlying saidl block, the sides of 'the tic niember being provided witlr rail retaining n1embers, each of said members being provided with an overlying lip adapted to contact with the base flanges of the rails and havin@ their bodies provided with longitudinal openings whereby the members may be slid toward or away from each other, and means for removably securing the members upon the sides of the ties.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM T. SHIMP.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. THEM,A CECILIA B. S'NYDER. 

